WATCH: Last week, the European Parliament had a debate on #spyware after we found that a former MEP's phone was hacked with #Pegasus. The consensus: the crisis is getting worse. @hneumannmep.bsky.social @saskiabricmont.bsky.social @lukassiepermdep.bsky.social @danusenerudova.bsky.social

Canada's 🇨🇦 proposed lawful access law (Bill C22) is so bad it even has US Senators (like @wyden.senate.gov) worried it will create national security spying risks for Americans 🇺🇸! www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked. | grist.org/article/exxo... Great piece by @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social @grist.org on targeted espionage against climate activists, following up on our @citizenlab.ca Dark Basin investigation (citizenlab.ca/research/dar...)

Like all authoritarian regimes, Trump's is using law enforcement to target and intimidate investigative journalists in increasingly brazen ways www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...

Greek wiretapping victims sue spyware firm Intellexa for damages www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Taiwanese authorities charge executives who helped China’s cyber spies target ICIJ network The probe corroborates @icij.org & @citizenlab.ca findings that attacks against journalists were part of a coordinated espionage campaign sponsored by Beijing. www.icij.org/investigatio...

EU 🇪🇺 urged to act after Pegasus infects phone of spyware inquiry MEP Good overview our latest @citizenlab.ca report and its growing impact 👇 www.theregister.com/security/202...

5/ @accessnow.org and 30+ civil society orgs & individuals, incl. @cdteu.org & EDRi, are calling on the EU to: 🔹 Launch an independent investigation 🔹 Provide effective remedies to victims 🔹 Fully implement the EU PEGA Committee recommendations Read our full PR and recommendations below:

Former MEP was hacked by the same gov behind the Pegasus attacks we exposed 2 years ago! @citizenlab.ca revealed that Stelios Kouloglou, former EU PEGA Committee member, was targeted by the same operator that hacked several Russian- & Belarusian-speaking journalists + activists living in EU 🧵1/

Probe finds former MEP investigating Pegasus was hacked with Pegasus The revelation raises questions about whether the work of the Parliament’s inquiry committee was compromised. www.politico.eu/article/prob...

Former European Parliament Member Stelios Kouloglou Targeted by Pegasus While Probing Europe's Illegal Surveillance Scandal - Dnews www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/new...

Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware | @lorenzofb.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/p...

Spyware found on phone of European Parliament member probing it @suzannesmalley.bsky.social therecord.media/pegasus-spyw...

EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones www.wired.com/story/eu-pol...

📌 «Είναι ειρωνικό ότι ένα μέλος της επιτροπής που ήταν επιφορτισμένη με την έρευνα για το Pegasus έγινε το ίδιο στόχος του [...] Pegasus. Κάποιος, κάπου, πιθανότατα ήθελε [...] να μάθει τι συνέβαινε σε αυτήν την επιτροπή», λέει ο διευθυντής του Citizen Lab @rondeibert.bsky.social στο inside story.

Researchers @citizenlab.ca say EU lawmaker who investigated surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware @raphae.li www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Greek Politician Investigating Spyware Had Mobile Phone Hacked www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

L’eurodéputé Stelios Kouloglou chargé d’enquêter sur Pegasus lui-même visé par le logiciel espion www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...

Spyware used against MEP investigating Pegasus abuses, @citizenlab.ca report finds @skirchy.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

💥 Στόχος παρακολούθησης με #Pegasus ο Στέλιος Κούλογλου ως ευρωβουλευτής 👉 Το κινητό του παγιδεύθηκε με το κατασκοπευτικό λογισμικό της #NSO δύο φορές, χωρίς καν να χρειαστεί να πατήσει κάποιο λινκ.

NEW @citizenlab.ca report: Member of 🇪🇺 Euro Parliamentary committee (#PEGA) tasked with investigating spyware abuses himself hacked with Pegasus spyware 👇 citizenlab.ca/research/mem...

In “How to Combat Transnational Repression,” published in @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Citizen Lab researchers @sanstis.bsky.social and @mmichae1sen.bsky.social write about the lack of accountability for perpetrators of transnational repression. Read: www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...

Truly nuts (but par for the course) they're still doing this. I wrote about the spectrum of risks of so-called "SignalGate" for @foreignaffairs.com 👇 (and I think what I wrote there still stands) www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Public records confirm that the Austrian Ministry of the Interior bought Webloc, a geolocation mass surveillance system based on data from mobile apps and digital advertising = almost certainly illegal under the GDPR. Austria is now - after Hungary - the second EU state known to use such a system.

ATF 🇺🇸 cancels contract with Israeli surveillance firm Webloc abcnews.com/amp/US/wireS... A major positive outcome after @citizenlab.ca's comprehensive report on Penlink's Webloc two months ago citizenlab.ca/research/ana...

The report details how the US DHS, which oversees ICE and CBP, doesn’t just buy surveillance products, but also operates a billion-dollar incubator and funds research, programs and partnerships that actively shape the tech that’s created www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEW: Russia cracked activist's phone with Cellebrite. Hunted for political terms @citizenlab.ca found it. Russia's own official docs confirm they did it. Andrey Pivovarov was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Thing is, #cellebrite said had cancelled Russia's contract.. 1/

Russia Used Israeli Tech in Case Against Activist, @citizenlab.ca Report Says news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/russi...

Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used its tools anyway techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/c... @lorenzofb.bsky.social

Israeli surveillance company Cellebrite ended sales to Russia in early 2021. A few months later, Russia used its tech to search a prominent opponent of the regime, new @citizenlab.ca research indicates. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas... @thomasbrewster.bsky.social

Russia used Cellebrite phone-hacking tool to crack down on dissident after firm cut off country therecord.media/russia-used-... @suzannesmalley.bsky.social

Russia 🇷🇺 used Israeli 🇮🇱 firm’s tool to crack phone months after ties severed, @citizenlab.ca report finds www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

1/ NEW RESEARCH: We find that Russian authorities used Cellebrite to gain access to activist Andrey Pivovarov’s phone. Full brief: citizenlab.ca/research/rus...

NEW @citizenlab.ca report finds Russia 🇷🇺 used Cellebrite to break into activist's phone 👇 citizenlab.ca/research/rus...

Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health Living under constant surveillance is to exist in a permanent state of hypervigilance globalvoices.org/2026/06/23/d...

While Five Eyes (including 🇨🇦) issue statement warning about cyber risks of AI, need to "prioritize foundational cyber security practices and controls" & how "Secure-by-design and secure-by-default must become standard practice" Canada is passing a lawful access bill that does the exact opposite

🇨🇦 Liberals are dismissing the privacy concerns surrounding the government’s lawful access bill as “tinfoil hat” and “paranoid” conspiracy theories So undignified and disrespectful to @citizenlab.ca & numerous other serious professionals that care about this country globalnews.ca/news/1191195...

What a dangerous lunatic

From @citizenlab.ca @cyn-k.bsky.social : Bill C-22 could expose Canadian data to U.S. surveillance policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/06/bill...

Data bought, rights ignored: European intelligence services' use of commercially sourced data Excellent research by Interface Govt security agencies are now routinely undertaking unwarranted mass surveillance thanks to the poorly regulated ad industry www.interface-eu.org/publications...

Read: The Perils of Privatized Cyber Warfare Privatized cyberwar will complicate oversight, create counterintelligence risks, fuel arms races and insecurity, and put civilians at risk. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Everyday, more entry points for surveillance vendors to exploit from the personal data ecosystem, and then package up and sell to law enforcement and intelligence agencies

“This is the holy grail of surveillance,” said a European official whose country uses the technology on its cities. “We are able to look for behaviour, not objects — it has created a world of new possibilities.” AI whipping through hacked surveillance camera footage www.ft.com/content/6f4d...

NSO Group “is doing an amazing job making the argument that they should stay sanctioned and face more consequences,” said @jsrailton.bsky.social, a senior researcher @citizenlab.ca , a research unit @utoronto.ca that specializes in tracking global surveillance www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...

It was a real pleasure to speak with Phoebe Fronista of iMEdD about the work of the @citizenlab.ca while in Athens, Greece "Surveillance capitalism, counterintelligence for civil society, and journalism: a conversation with Citizen Lab’s founder" lab.imedd.org/en/surveilla...

Amnesty is recruiting a Technologist in their team researching digital surveillance abuse, this is an amazing position in an amazing team. Location is limited to a few places and deadline is really soon careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...

WhatsApp catches NSO Group targeting its platform in violation of court orders. Files injunction. Also announces it's donating to the Spyware Accountability Initiative. about.fb.com/news/2026/06...

The spyware scandal coverup by Greek 🇬🇷 authorities is crumbling because Tal DIlian is throwing them under the bus to save his own skin